site

\sit\

/\sit\/ noun

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The verdict

“site” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #286. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#286
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Situation du lieu ou du terrain où s’élèvent une ville, un village, une station, un monument, etc., manière dont l’objet géographique se situe dans le lieu qu’il occupe par rapport à son environnem...

Corpus desk

Index FR-site · site · French

site · rank #286 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #286
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH seulement

Nearest frequency peer: seulement (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Frequency neighbourhood for “site”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “site” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 2, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

site vs st
50% similar
site vs six
50% similar
site vs stp
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for site
PropertyValue
Headwordsite
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sit\
Letters4
Frequency rank#286
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “site” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). site lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around site (IPA \sit\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #286 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for site, with forms such as "iste", "siet", and "sitte". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "st", "six", "stp", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is site, spelled S-I-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Situation du lieu ou du terrain où s’élèvent une ville, un village, une station, un monument, etc., manière dont l’objet géographique se situe dans le lieu qu’il occupe par rapport à son environnement immédiat.
  2. 2
    Partie pittoresque d’un paysage.
  3. 3
    Ensemble de contenus, fichiers, pages, documents et d’applications placés sous une même autorité et accessibles par la toile à partir d’une même adresse universelle, typiquement un site web.
  4. 4
    Position sur une molécule ou sur une surface où à lieu une réaction, une adsorption, ou quelconque autre interaction chimique ou physique. S'utilise particulièrement pour les réactions catalytiques et enzymatiques.
  5. 5
    Site de pratique.
  6. 6
    Synonyme d’élévation : angle formé entre la ligne de visée (ou la ligne de mire) et l’horizontale.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how site appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Quel paysage ! ruminait Durtal, […]. Il se rappelait l’effroi du site qu’il avait traversé entre Saint-Georges de Commiers et La Mure, son effarement en wagon lorsque le train passait lentement au-dessus des gouffres.
  2. Bordeaux est donc un emporium maritime. Mais c’est aussi un lieu de passage. Le site qu’il occupe est le dernier point de terre ferme qui s’offre en descendant la rive gauche du fleuve. Plus bas l’énorme élargissement de l’estuaire, les marais qui le bordent, forment barrière.

Synonyms

site website Website Internet

This word in other languages

site(English)sitio(Español)Landschaft(Deutsch)sítio(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • iste
  • siet
  • sitte
  • ssite
  • stie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of site - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

iste2siet2sitte1ssite1stie2
Edit distance from "site"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "site"?
"site" is spelled S-I-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sit\.
What does "site" mean?
As a noun, "site" means: Situation du lieu ou du terrain où s’élèvent une ville, un village, une station, un monument, etc., manière dont l’objet géographique se situe dans le lieu qu’il occupe par rapport à son environnem...
What words are commonly confused with "site"?
"site" is commonly confused with "st", "six", "stp". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "site"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "site" is \sit\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "site" come from?
"site" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "site", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

font#281Mère#292près#294quel#295

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

vois5 variantsjean5 variantseffet5 variantssoir5 variants
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list